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5 avril 2019

A fine and very rare wucai 'Rose' month cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722)

A fine and very rare wucai 'Rose' month cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722)

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Lot 3604. A fine and very rare wucai 'Rose' month cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 6.5 cm, 2 1/2  inEstimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,062,500 HKD (136,861 USD)Courtesy Sotheby's.

delicately potted of deep 'U'-shape rising from a short straight foot to a flared rim, painted on one side in the wucai palette in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with a red rose growing on moss-covered ground, one long stem overhanging some low-growing blue berries, and one prickly stem growing straight upright, with a yellow and a green butterfly on either side, representing the tenth month, the reverse inscribed with a poem relating to the flowers in front, followed by the seal shang ('to appreciate'), the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 29th April 1996, lot 753 (one of a pair).

Note: The poem on the present cup can be translated as follows: 

Unlike a thousand other species that tire out,
       This one alone blazes in red throughout the year.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Apr 2019

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